LINQPad Driver for Sitecore version 1.9.0.2 is now available. I'm also making the source code available. Read on for details.

NuGet Server for Sitecore 1.1 rev. 150626 is now available. There are no code changes. The only enhancement is that I added more packages to the config file. Read on for details on which packages were added and for information on how to download, install and use the module.

The Sitecore Experience Platform (XP) is a lot more interesting when the Experience Database (xDB) is populated with data. You can use the experience profile, experience analytics, path analyzer and a number of other tools.

Of course, when you install Sitecore XP for the first time your xDB is going to be empty. If you're fortunate enough to find someone with a collection database that you can use, you need to get that database connected.

This post explains how to connect a collection database to an existing Sitecore server and to ensure that Sitecore processes the data in that database.

Federated Experience Manager (FXM) allows you to add personalization and tracking to non-Sitecore websites and applications. It is available as a module for Sitecore 7.x. It is included in the Sitecore Experience Platform starting with Sitecore 8.

In this post I am happy to announce an update to FXM for Sitecore 7.x.

This post introduces a new Sitecore module that allows you to run a NuGet server on your Sitecore server. It also dynamically generates NuGet packages that make it easier for Sitecore developers to add assembly references.

I've always been impressed by how vibrant the Sitecore developer community is. Seriously useful information is shared on a daily basis. Subscribing to the Sitecore blogs feed, monitoring Twitter and reading Stackoverflow are all good ways to keep up on community activity.

There's another resource that I recommend you check out: the Sitecore Community Docs site. This site is a combination of link aggregation and original content.

I just added a bunch of content that are of interest to people integrating Sitecore with other systems, or people extending Sitecore. Read on for information on what specifically I've added.

I am pleased to announce the release of Salesforce Connect 1.0, a new module that integrates Salesforce.com with the Sitecore Experience Platform. This module was developed by Sitecore and is being released as a Shared Source module. Read on for more details.

MongoDB is used to collect data in the Sitecore Experience Database (xDB). MongoDB is not a difficult tool to use, but there are a few things that a newbie may struggle with. This post covers one of those: IDs and GUIDs.

Working with IDs and GUIDs requires an understanding of how they're stored in MongoDB. In addition to explaining this, this post also aims to provide some helpful tips to get you working with these values quickly and easily.

Spoiler alert: This post will explain why you will never get any results when you run the following query on MongoDB:

Today Sitecore 8 was released. There is so much cool stuff packed in this release. The Sitecore community was rightfully excited to get their hands on it. But before you can use it you must install it.

I am a big fan of the Sitecore Instance Manager (also known as SIM). If you need to install, backup or recover Sitecore instances regularly, this is a terrific time-saving tool.

If you are using SIM and you've downloaded "ZIP archive of the Sitecore site root" from http://dev.sitecore.net - AND you didn't read the note that was helpfully included on the download page - you may notice that SIM isn't picking up Sitecore 8, even after you click the "Sites & Products" button in SIM.

As the helpful note explains, you must rename the zip file to Sitecore 8.0 rev. 141212.zip. After you do that you may need to click the "Sites & Products" button in SIM before Sitecore 8 shows up.